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| David Cameron yesterday insisted Afghan forces will be able to prevent their country again becoming a haven for terrorists after international forces pull out. Attending the opening day of the NATO summit in Chicago, the Prime Minister said ‘one way or the other’ the majority of British troops would be home by the end of 2014. Earlier, however, a senior official disclosed that a ‘small number’ of British troops may remain in a counter terrorism role. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel – 21st May 2012 |
| David Cameron and Barack Obama have insisted that British and American troops are on course to step back into a support role from next year. After talks in the White House, the Prime Minister and President said the international mission was entering its final stages ahead of the Afghans taking full responsibility for security in 2014. Their confidant pronouncements came as both men reaffirmed their commitment to the transatlantic relationship, Mr Obama describing it as “the strongest it has ever been.” | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel – 15th March 2012 |
| Military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities would be “a path to disaster rather than a solution”, former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix warned yesterday. Dr Blix, who led the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the 2003 war, told the New Statesman it was not “evident” that Tehran was seeking a military nuclear capability. And he warned there was no imminent threat from Iran that would justify pre-emptive action, which he said would be counter to the UN charter. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - February 16, 2012 |
| The world’s last surviving First World War service veteran has died aged 110. Florence Green died in her sleep at Briar House care home in King’s Lynn on Saturday. She would have celebrated her 111th birthday on February 19. The great-grandmother, who joined the Women’s Royal Air Force in 1918, was believed to be the last person alive who served in the war. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - February 8, 2012 |
| Defence spending will need to rise so Britain can maintain its war capability, the head of the Army has said. Chief of the General Staff General Sir Peter Wall said Government cuts would need to be reversed if ministers wanted to send UK troops into battle just nine years in the future. He said: “We face a budget that is reducing over the early years of the coming decade, after which we will certainly require a real terms growth.” | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel June 2, 2011 |
| Church leaders have denounced the government’s decision to spend £3 billion on a Nuclear weapons system. The government has delayed a final vote on buying a replacement for the Trident weapons system until 2016, but Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced his approval of the initial £3 billion phase of production. | |
| Disasters/War | Keeping The Faith Issue 66 |
| The father of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan said he was told it was too costly to issue his son with a handgun. Jimmy Major was one of five soldiers shot dead by a rogue Afghan policeman in Helmand Province last November. Jimmy’s father Adrian said: “Out of 16, only three had small arms. And we were told they couldn’t afford to give them all a side arm.” A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “There are enough side arms in theatre should require them.” | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel October 4, 2010 |
| Oxfam has warned of an impending “catastrophe” after floods left more than 1,000 people dead in Pakistan. Oxfam has launched an emergency-aid effort as more monsoon rains were predicted in the area. The UN estimated that some one million people were affected by the disaster, with 27,000 still trapped by the water. Jane Cocking of Oxfam said: “There is a desperate need for temporary shelter; clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe. People also need medical care and basic food items”. | |
| Disasters/War | ‘The Sentinel’ – August 2, 2010 |
| British soldiers who used outlawed interrogation techniques on Iraqi prisoners were “implementing official policy”, a public inquiry heard. One detainee, Baha Mousa, aged 26, died after being subjected to beatings over 36 hours that left him with 93 separate injuries, his family’s lawyers said. The UK troops holding him employed “conditioning” methods, such as hooding and sleep deprivation that the Government banned in 1972. But they did not realise it was illegal, the inquiry into the Iraqi father of two’s death was told. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - 22 September 2009 |
| One of Britain’s last veterans of the First World War has died, aged 108. Bill Stone who was the only remaining British based veteran to serve during both world wars, died at his nursing home near Wokingham, Berkshire. Family members and friends described him as “remarkable”. His daughter, Anne Davidson, said: “William had a remarkable, happy life”. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - 13th January 2009 |
| A Briton injured in the New Year’s Eve nightclub fire in Thailand said today he had been rescued by the “hand of an angel”. Alex Wargacki, aged 29, from London, was speaking as he recovered from the fire in Bangkok which claimed the lives of at least 61 partygoers and injured 200 more. Mr Wargacki was pulled from the burning club by an unknown rescuer after collapsing as he tried to escape. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| Firecrews are today hoping to venture inside the burned-out skeleton of a 104 year old year old pier to search for the cause of the blaze. The Grand Pier, at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, was destroyed yesterday morning in a fire thought to have started in the kitchens. Owner Kerry Michael, aged 49, had spent £1 million revamping the attraction he bought in February. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - July 29th 2008 |
| British forces were accused of staying on the sidelines during a battle in Iraq because of a “secret deal” between the UK and an Iranian-backed militia, it was reported today. Newspaper reports said 4,000 British troops were unable to come to the aid of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers for six days during the battle for Basra this year. But the Ministry of Defence denied there was any “accommodation” which prevented troops from entering Basra. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - August 5th 2008 |
| Organisations in India that work in partnership with UK-based relief agencies Tearfund and Christian Aid have been feeding people evacuated from their homes because of huge floods in the state of Bihar. Christian Aid reports that roads, railways an crops have been washed away, and that water and electricity supplies have been disrupted. | |
| Disasters/War | The War Cry – September 13th 2008 |
| Soldiers are to be given morality training and will receive good conduct stripes for living up to army values. A plan has been drawn up under the aegis of General Sir Richard Dannatt, the chief of the general staff and a practicing Christian, to improve soldiers’ moral standards. It will enlist army chaplains to reverse the spread of yob culture among many new recruits. Chaplains will be instructed to provide spiritual guidance to instil “ethics and morality”. | |
| Disasters/War | New Life - April 2008 |
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